2013 is the “European Year of Citizens”. This year was nominated to raise public awareness about the rights and obligations of Union citizenship. But how can and should EU citizens understand and maintain their rights and obligations?
The shelves have been tidied, the goods have been ordered, the book-keeping is done. Now the shop assistant in an ordinary shop is waiting for the next customer to walk in. Is this waiting time part of working time?
Latin America wasn’t a priority for the EU in the past, but things are changing.
“We Europeans are united in peace, to pursue happiness and prosperity for ourselves and for the whole world.”
2013 is the 
The EU attempts a ‘complex but not futile’ study of the trends and challenges facing Europe up to the year 2030.
At a time of crisis and cuts to the welfare state, the mantra of reforms in exchange for efficiency has also reached education.
Citizenship entails rights, but rights do not define citizenship.
The shelves have been tidied, the goods have been ordered, the book-keeping is done. Now the shop assistant in an ordinary shop is waiting for the next customer to walk in. Is this waiting time part of working time?
